Swamp Thing (1982 film)

Swamp Thing
Swamp Thing
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Wes Craven
Written by	Wes Craven
Based on	Swamp Thing; by Len Wein; Bernie Wrightson;
Produced by	Benjamin Melniker; Michael E. Uslan;
Starring	Louis Jourdan; Adrienne Barbeau;
Cinematography	Robbie Greenberg
Edited by	Richard Bracken
Music by	Harry Manfredini
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Swampfilms
Distributed by	Embassy Pictures (United States); United Artists (international, through United International Pictures)
Release date	February 19, 1982;
Running time	91 minutes; (U.S. theatrical version); 93 minutes; (uncut international version)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.5 million

Swamp Thing is a 1982 American superhero film written and directed by Wes Craven, based on the DC Comics character of the same name created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. It tells the story of scientist Alec Holland (Ray Wise) who is transformed into the monster known as Swamp Thing (Dick Durock) through laboratory sabotage orchestrated by the evil Anton Arcane (Louis Jourdan). Later, he helps a woman named Alice Cable (Adrienne Barbeau) and battles the man responsible for it all, the ruthless Arcane. The film did well on home video and cable and was followed by a sequel, The Return of Swamp Thing, in 1989.^[3]

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